# Getting Involved in the ADempiere Project

ADempiere is a open-source project using commons-based peer-production methods. Organized as a bazaar of Citizens, the project is governed by Technical, Functional and Community Council Teams. The intellectual property of the community is protected by the ADempiere Foundation, a non-profit group which provides legal and financial support to the community.

If you are reading this, you are already part of our community. To join our efforts all you have to do is get involved.

* Learn
  * Adopt our [Etiquette](http://wiki.adempiere.net/Etiquette) and learn about our [Community Governance Structure](http://wiki.adempiere.net/Community_Governance) and, specifically, our [Behaviour Guidelines](http://wiki.adempiere.net/Community_Governance#Behavior).
  * Read these documents
  * Read the wiki
* Connect with us, meet developers from all over the world and find answers to your questions
  * Join our chat at [http://www.adempiere.net/web/guest/chat-on-line](http://www.adempiere.net/web/guest/chat-on-line)
  * Add topics to the forums at [http://www.adempiere.net/en/web/guest/forums](http://www.adempiere.net/en/web/guest/forums)
  * Follow us on [Twitter](http://www.twitter.com/adempiere) and LinkedIn
* Contribute
  * Create a wiki account and let the tech-writer in you come alive.
  * Help test the software.
  * Fix a bug.  Check out the project issues on Github.  Choose a bug and solve it, as a good initiation to ADempiere source code and development process.
  * Get involved in [Bug Triage](http://wiki.adempiere.net/Bug_Triage)  or [ADempiere Bug Day](http://wiki.adempiere.net/ADempiere_Bug_Day)
* Donations
  * If you wish to donate money, please do so through donation to the [ADempiere Foundation](http://www.adempiere.net/en/web/guest/thefoundation), our non-profit organization based in Berlin.
